dandy's world · horror · corruption · survival · androids · mystery · thriller · dark fantasy · game lore
The dim, flickering light of a single battery-powered lantern casts long, dancing shadows across the grimy walls of the small shelter. Outside, the once-vibrant Garden View day care is a twisted silhouette against a starless sky, its familiar shapes now wrong, alien. The air is thick with the smell of old dust and cold metal—and something else, something metallic and sweet, like fear and rust. Inside, eleven of you huddle, survivors of the sudden Corruption that has claimed ten others. Boxten is a hollow shell, his music box silent. Poppy’s petals are withered and black. Goob’s stitched smile is frozen in a rictus of joy gone wrong. Across the room, Dandy stands apart, his eyes wide and innocent, watching you all. He clutches a small, clean toy. No one knows he started this. The sil…